Helping everybody make the ``right connections'', relating environment to things are matter in our daily life, this magazine will tell you everything -- from how important cow dung is to the Indian economy to biodiversity.

Gobar seems to be the symbol most appropriate for the environment campaign because it is a ``cultural, scientific and environmental'' symbol. Anil Aggarwal of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) explains: ``Nobody understands the importance of gobar. It is used to plaster village homes and is a great source of energy. Gobar should be respected.''

Anna Hazare sat in the audience, quietly listening to the ``school revolution'' being initiated at the launch of Gobar Times. And when he spoke of villages where environment had been used to fulfill the basic needs of the people, even children who could no identify the man listened with fascination.

Most of them were students who had gotten off an eye-opening boat ride in the Yamuna just yesterday. They were in that boat to try and see ``how dirty was dirty'' when it came to the river flowing through Delhi.

``I am still in a state of shock,'' says Radha Pandey. ``While I was so scared of even a drop of that dirty water falling on me, I saw a little boy brushing his teeth with the filthy goo.''

The `Yamuna yuk ride' organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) gave the city children a big jolt. Each student amplified the point that while they knew the Yamuna was polluted, they did not realise the extent of the damage. Neither did they realise that the ``water we all pollute is actually used by those living on the banks of the river for having a bath, washing clothes''.

They also understood what Aggarwal had to say about the links between man and river: ``A river is an indicator of a society's standards. A dirty river means a dirty society and Delhi is the worst society in the world.''

After seeing all the yuk in the Yamuna, the children got the point. And when Kiran Bedi talked about ``selfish children'' they was a look of determination on the faces of the students -- a look that said ``we will not be selfish''.

``See, selfish children have become selish administrators and the result is a lot of the mess we see today,'' Bedi says. ``We have to work at creating a conserving lifestyle instead of a selfish one.''

The point was driven home by veteran actress Dina Pathak. ``I will tell you all the story about the time when we went to our village for a holiday and took a plunge in the river. The experience was memorable each time and unfortunately we have not given you children an opportunity to enjoy the same.''

Rustam Vania, co-ordinator of the magazine adds: ``Environment in isolation is like a dead duck. People have to define environment for themselves. it is not a nice thing and children need to be made aware about the politics of environment. Gobar Times hopes to help people make the right connections.''

For all those who took the boat ride and those who won the Gobar Times contest today, it was a beginning -- ``to try and make a better Delhi''.